South Korean digital health care firm Seers Technology Co. Ltd. is targeting a ₩22.1 billion (US$16.2 million) IPO on the Korea Exchange, after upping the offering price of its 1.3 million shares to ₩17,000 per share on June 4.
Bright Peak Therapeutics Inc. has raised $90 million in a series C financing. Proceeds will be used to accelerate a pipeline of next-generation immunotherapies and advance BPT-567 into a phase I/IIa trial.
Amber Therapeutics Ltd. has raised $100 million in a series A funding round to further develop its implantable closed-loop bioelectrical therapy to treat women suffering from mixed urinary incontinence. The financing is one of the largest series A rounds ever seen in Europe’s medical technology space and comes at a time when many med-tech companies are struggling to raise funds.
The med-tech industry has maintained its financing momentum into May, with the first five months of 2024 raising $12.7 billion, marking a 42% increase from $8.95 billion during the same period in 2023. Notably, May alone saw $5.05 billion in total med-tech financings, a 307% rise from $1.24 billion in April, and the highest monthly total reported by BioWorld MedTech since November 2022.
Phase II-stage Rapport Therapeutics Inc. began trading on Nasdaq June 7 under the ticker RAPP after pricing its IPO of 8 million shares at $17 each to raise $136 million, gaining $3.80, or 22.4%, to close its first day at $20.80. With offices in Boston and San Diego, Rapport is developing drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The IPO is expected to close June 10.
Biopharma financings rebounded in May, reaching $9.15 billion and marking a 48% increase from $6.18 billion in April. However, value is down from the $13.84 billion in financings seen in March and $22.3 billion in February. This year’s monthly average of $12.52 billion reflects an 112% increase from the average of $5.91 billion per month in 2023.
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